#139 - Farmer Lee Jones: Modern Regenerative Agriculture, Growing Plants For More Nutrition, Buying Local & Farmers Market, Historical Farming & Heirloom Seeds, Chemical Insecticides & GMOs, Restoring The Topsoil, Eating The Whole Plant, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/farmerleejones 1:55 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:05 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 10:10 - Farmer Lee Jones Story 15:30 - How Farming Used To Be 17:00 - Nutritional Levels In Produce 18:30 - Growing For Flavor 20:25 - Vitamin D 23:40 - Chemicals And GMOs 25:00 - Home Delivery 25:20 - Could We Have Done It Differently? 26:00 - How The War Changed The Way We Eat 27:50 - A Change In Mindset About Our Food 30:10 - Using The Whole Plant 31:45 - How Much Of Our Food Are Native Species? 33:15 - Seed Savors Exchange: An Heirloom Seed Preserve 34:10 - Are Heirloom Varieties More Nutritious? 35:50 - The Algal Bloom In The Great Lakes 36:30 - How We Can Turn Things Around 37:35 - Buying Local 39:00 - Respecting Your Farm Employees 41:00 - Microgreens 43:05 - Hydroponic Gardens 45:30 - Eating The Root And Greens 46:55 - Edible Flowers 52:20 - White Vegetables 54:40 - Winter Vegetables 58:20 - "Beneficials" In Organic Farming 1:01:15 - Seed Sorting & Seed Weight 1:04:15 - Vegetable Tops 1:05:15 - Craving Certain Plants 1:07:00 - Pollination And Hybridization 1:10:00 - The Recipes 1:12:30 - How To Navigate The Regular Grocery Store 1:15:30 - Regenerative Agriculture With Animals 1:16:50 - Eating Seasonally

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0:00.0	As it relates to our incomes, we produce food cheaper than any other country in the world, yet we have the highest health care.
0:06.0	We believe there's a direct correlation with the way that we've been farming for the last 50 years and the health or the lack thereof of our nation.
0:16.0	And what we're ultimately trying to do is to rebuild that soil using the information that was available from
0:23.1	100 years ago but trying to tie technology to that today. It's just unbelievable the difference.
0:28.5	The good news is that we can turn this around. Welcome to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast, where we
0:35.7	meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health,
0:40.2	mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack
0:47.1	your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind. We're not dispensing medical advice
0:52.9	and are not responsible for any outcomes you may
0:55.7	experience from implementing the tactics lying herein. Are you ready? Let's do this.
1:04.1	Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking podcast. Oh my goodness, friends, today's episode,
1:10.2	I cannot express how happy it makes me.
1:12.9	When I read Farmer Lee Jones's book, it was so eye-opening. I learned so much about plants,
1:19.3	about regenerative agriculture, about just how much farming practices affect nutrients and
1:25.1	flavor and food. But I did not anticipate how incredible of a figure Farmer
1:30.4	Lee Jones himself is. Wow, I was just smiling so much during this episode. His energy is
1:37.5	infectious. He's truly doing incredible things and I think you guys will love this episode.
1:43.2	The show notes for today's episode will be at
1:45.3	Melanieavalon.com slash farmer Lee Jones. Those show notes will have a full transcript, so definitely
1:51.3	check that out. There will be two episode giveaways for this episode. One will be in my
1:55.9	Facebook group, I have biohackers, intermittent fasting plus real foods plus life, comment something you learned
2:01.7	or something that resonated with you on the pinned post to enter to win something that I love.
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